TPACK (http://bit.ly/tPTcQE) identifies digital learning tools which optimize traditional second language learning activities
ESL Video and FLE Video is a website that allows you to take a video, and create a quiz related to the language that your students are studying. It takes videos from YouTube.
Forvo is a pronunciation website for all the languages in the world. The goal is to help people properly pronounce words of a foreign language. Very helpful resource for students.
WordSteps is a place for people to learn foreign words and keep their vocabularies in fit condition. Here you can not only enrich your vocabulary, but you can also track your progress and recall the words you could forget.
Lingt Classroom helps people learn foreign languages in new and innovative ways. We believe that educational technology is most effective when it brings teachers and students together and we focus on building intuitive, extremely simple interfaces that are functional and elegant.
italki.com is an online destination for learning foreign languages. italki connects people from around the world in a friendly community to learn from each other. italki helps people meet online to do free language exchanges. italki also helps students connect with teachers for paid online lessons. In addition, italki has many free language learning features, such as questions and answers, group discussions, and multimedia materials for self-study.
Mango is a language learning program teaching practical conversation and cultural awareness for the world’s most popular languages. It’s the fun, easy and incredibly effective way for travelers of all kinds to learn to speak a foreign language.
Lingro is an online dictionary. You can type in a website address and it will make every word clickable. It will then provide the definition/translation for each word. This would be great for having students explore a foreign language website.
Nice Translator is a simple translator where you choose the language you want translated and then type it in the text box to get a simple translation.
Word Reference is a free online Dictionary for various foreign languages.
Lingus.TV is a television channel for the new generation devoted to teaching and disseminating languages, while taking advantage of all the social characteristics of the Internet.
Language Guides provides three types of resources to assist in learning a foreign language: Pictorial Vocabulary Guides, Interactive Readings, and Grammar Guides.
Bab.la is another free online translation tool that students can use for assistance with translation of a foreign language. There are several languages that are available.
eType is your online multi-language dictionary with translations and word substitutes to virtually any language in the world. eType is your writing guide that auto-completes your words as you type them, enabling you to type faster and boost your level of confidence in your writing. eType prevents you from making spelling mistakes before they happen and helps you select the best word choice possible – even if you are not writing in your native language.
Busuu is an online language learning community. Learn languages online with interactive language courses and lessons. Connect with native speakers and people who want to learn the language(s) you speak. Download mobile apps to practice on your iDevices. Get access to Grammar Guides. Join the community for free.
BBC Languages provides free interactive audio-video courses in French, Spanish, Mandarin and a variety of other languages. Students can progress at their own pace and receive BBC certificates of completion after completing different levels.
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The Internet Guide for Chinese Studies from the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg has detailed descriptions of selected Internet sites for Chinese studies.
The AATF National Commission on Cultural Competence has produced a model defining general standards for cultural competence and applying those standards to the many French-speaking areas of the world.
The FranceWorld service exists to encourage pen pal exchanges.
Libération is a well known French newspaper on the left.
L'Expansion: online news that should be particularly useful for commercial French classes.
L'Express is the well known French magazine with many on-line articles.
TenneseeBob Peckham at the University of Tennessee at Martin has developed the archetypical FL WWW collection for French called: Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links! This is the place to start for French teachers.
TBob's Globe-Gate links site is a rich collection of resources for developing lessons in French as well as for some other languages for a wide range of curricular areas. Bob Peckham's Globe-Gate site includes:
19th-Century French Literature (A Globe-Gate Research Library)
These are just a few of the Globe-Gate resources. There are quite a few other highly useful Globe-Gate pages.
David A. Gatwood's collection is organized from links by Bob Peckham (TennesseeBob): Dave's French Links.
La fnac - magasin de médias: livres, disques, vidéos, cédéroms: online catalog.
French as a Second Language Activities with M. Renaud - French activities for young learners, parents and teachers - tips for students or parents, great links, online activities, printouts, games, songs and more.
The île en île page by Sylvie Roussel-Gaucheran and Thomas C. Spear presents information about the francophone islands found around the world.
BankExamen.fr - Tous les sujets et corrigés du bac gratuitement 2h après le début des épreuves!
Cyberpapy : intergenerational online educational support in French and Spanish.
Takatrouver : Site éducatif pour les jeunes Français.
Lettres.net is a site for the study and teaching of French for the French.
Le VTI-Bruges visite Paris is a site by French teacher Christophe Laroy from Belgium with photos, videos, and interactive exercises. Some questions/instructions are in Dutch, but most are in French.
The Color dictionary at pourpre.com is an amazing online dictionary of colors in French. Everything you always wanted to know about colors but were afraid to ask.
The French Prime Minister home page is an excellent source of information about the French government but also about many aspects of French history and the European Union.
Musée canadien des civilisations is an extensive site providing access to "Archéologie, ethnologie, culture traditionelle, histoire, histoire vivante, histoire militaire; Musée canadien des enfants; Musée national de la poste; Bibliothèque et archives du Musée."
Réseau des sports offers current news about sports from Canada and around the world in French.
InfoNation: Statistical information about members of the United Nations - en français.
The Euro page include lots of information about the curency.
HAPAX: French Resources on the Web features links to French-related resources on the Web of interest to university-level teachers and student.
The French Ministère des Affaires Etrangères has an excellent WWW page including information on geography, society, history, food, education, europe, economy, etc.
France Pratique is a very rich source of practical information about contemporary France. Culture, education, travel, law, family, social security, housing, work, etc.
Marie Ponterio's Civilisation française online teaching modules include original images, audio cues, and digital videos for lessons on a wide range of topics: cuisine, culture, social change, school, economy, Europe, holidays, family life, housing, history, religion, social security, symbols, transportation, vacation. A "voyage virtuel" uses an interactive map of France to provide information, images, and links for cities and regions throughout France.
The TV5 site , the international Francophone television channel in Canada, includes the schedule as well as information about programming and aides for French teachers.
Radio France includes France Info (Flash, Journal, and Live), France Inter, France Culture, France Bleu, etc. via RealAudio or Media Player.
Radio France Internationale provides online audio of news updates every 3 hours on France Info Express in addition to other RFI radio services (chroniques & magasines).
CyberScol offers links to francophone Internet resource lists for Canadian schools.
La Toile du Québec Guides provide lots of links to resources covering a wide range of topics.
AUDIOSUP.NET presents RealAudio lectures from French universities.
Meteo France provides information about weather in French.
Le WebMuseum formerly the WebLouvre by Nicolas Pioch is now located at many sites around the world. You can find other sites in the US, Australia, Japan, and now even in France! Choose the one nearest to you.
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc prehistoric cave paintings, discovered in December 1994 in the Ardèche region of France, were put on-line on January 24, 1995 by the French Ministry of Culture! This web page displays photographs taken in the caves and includes a text describing the site. It was one of the earliest web sites that sparked the interest of French teachers around the world. See as well the Lascaux cave site.
Eric Ranguin's Histoire : Le Cyber-Guide des sites historiques is an excellent historical site including sections on PREHISTOIRE ET ANTIQUITE - MOYEN AGE ET RENAISSANCE - XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe - XXe - METHODOLOGIE - NOUVELLE FRANCE, CANADA, ACADIE ET QUEBEC.
Le Site de l'encyclopédie QUID includes up-to-date information and statistics on everything French.It used to be by subscription but is now free. Also seel'INSEE for statistics about France.
Welcome to Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks has a version in English and also in Japanese. It.is rich in information about learning Japanese and has a great collection of Japanese Ianguage learning tools on the Web.
SpanishDict is the world’s largest Spanish-English Dictionary online. You can use the site to learn Spanish, create flash cards, get translations, and several other tools
The AATSPAmerican Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese has an official home page
Si'Spain is cite proposed by the Spanish embassy in Canada.
Consejería de Educación at the Embassy of Spain in London, supports the teaching of Spanish language and culture with services and online publications.
Jean LeLoup's Taller hispano contains activity modules using authentic materials and Internet resources designed around themes such as the individual, the family, leisure activities, schools, pets, clothing and shopping, food and drink, government, time, weather, months, etc.
El País is the electronic edition of the Spanish newspaper.
El Mundo is the electronic edition of the Spanish newspaper.
Comprension y uso de la Estadística a Spanish mathematics site for statistics in Spanish, French & English developed by Fernando Valdes, Universidad Romulo Gallegos, & Bob Ponterio.
Links to sites with many subject specific links
PLN
Twitter:
Blogs:
TED Talks and video resources:
General Resources
Media Resources :
Language Specific
Chinese
French
These are just a few of the Globe-Gate resources. There are quite a few other highly useful Globe-Gate pages.
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